Andrew Mitchell talked of quitting Britain as he struggled to cope with the
“tsunami of vitriol” that engulfed him during the “Plebgate” saga, it
emerged yesterday.

The former Chief Whip told for the first time the depths of the emotional
crisis triggered by his row with police officers in Downing Street.

He lost more than a stone in three weeks, couldn’t sleep, struggled to get out
of bed and doubted his ability to emerge from the firestorm. “As I faced the
wall at three in the morning, I wondered if I could really go on facing much
more of this,”